Your child can sense emotions like happiness, tension and anger even before they understand words. A study has shown that children as young as 6 months can experience stress by inferring negative emotions through their parents’ expressions. Arguing in the vicinity of your children can make them vulnerable to experiencing negative emotions like stress, anger,…
As parents, we spend so much time helping our kids succeed on the outside — teaching them words, setting routines, and encouraging good behavior. But there’s one skill that quietly shapes whether they’ll be successful in life: self-connection, or the ability to tune into one’s own emotions, needs, and inner voice. When kids feel safe…
For over four years, I’ve been a professor at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. Before that, I worked in the corporate world at organizations like Coca-Cola and IBM. Recently, for work, I went to Denmark, one of the world’s happiest countries, to teach a course called “Happiness Blueprint.” While there, I discovered what many had…
Optical illusion personality test are fun and entertaining tests that can decode a person’s true traits within seconds. These tests are quite popular on social media as many people like to understand themselves or others better. As the name suggests, these are weird images that have one or more elements that trick the eyes thus…
Last Updated:June 26, 2025, 12:12 IST Often times it is the small and subtle things that can hurt friendships, relationships or work connections. Check some of the subtle signs of toxic communication. Toxic communication can hurt relationships over time. (AI Generated Image) We talk all the time, through calls, messages, meetings and conversations at home,…
Parents know all too well what it’s like to deal with a kid who refuses to listen: It’s frustrating. But after years of studying over 200 parent-child relationships, I’ve noticed something fascinating: Parents who rarely deal with defiance don’t make threats, bribes or harsh consequences. They use language that makes children actually want to cooperate. Traditional parenting phrases…
I’ve always been fascinated by families whose children seem to be on some kind of unusual streak, reaching the top of their career ladders, or, even more interesting to me, blazing trails or following their passions with spectacular results. What did their parents do differently to empower them? What do researchers really know about what’s…
Parenting advice has gotten really complicated. There’s something new every day, and it’s filled with contradictions. Every time you think you understand something, it changes. All of this is a huge source of anxiety for many parents. As a psychiatrist on the front lines of healthy youth development, I’ve worked with over 3,000 young adults….
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron’s relationship is under scrutiny, yet again. A video of the French President being slapped by his wife in an aeroplane has shocked people and has now gone viral on the internet! The bizarre incident happened when the Macrons landed in Vietnam to begin their official tour…
